Non-refillable bottle.



J. D. MULVEHILL.

NON-RBFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIGATION FILED rms.19,1914.

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Patented Sept.22, 191,4:

" Appnati'qniedrebruarylaieii. serialivaa'iaela To all whom t concertar l d Be. it known that LJ D. MULVEHLL, a citizen of the United States,- residingat Spokane, in the countyofSpol'rane and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Battles, .ofi which the following isa specifi'- ca'tioii. A This invention relates to non-rellable i bottles.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a simple and practical nong refillable bottle having few parts which will be cheap to manufacture.

A further object is to provide a bottle of the above character with parts which may be readily assembled and so arranged as to prevent a refilling of the bottle.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the device hereinafter described, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the A following claim.

In the accompanying drawing'wherein is shown one of various possible embodiments of the present invention Figure l is a vertical sectional view of the complete device in normal position; Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view of a valve; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the parts and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the valve.

Similar reference characters denote corresponding parts in the several views.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, and more particularly to Fig. 1, 5 represents the body portion of a bottle having a neck 6 and a depressed portion 7 between the neck and body portion. `On top of the neck is positioned a casing 8, shown in detail in Fig. 4, comprising a cylindrical body having a central transverse perforated diaphragm 9. Between the casing 8 and the neck of the bottle is interposed a perforated disk l0 of cork, or other suitable material with which co-acts a spherical valve member 11, mounted at the upper end of a stem 12, the lower part of which carries a plurality of radial arms 13 co-acting with the interior of the neck 6 of the bottle, thereby to guide it vertically in its up and down move.

The upper part of the valve member 11 is the casing containing Y I provided with a tapering projection `14 adapted to pass through the holel 15 inthe i center of a Vrider or spanner 16. This; rider is shownin detail inFigfS, and besides being provided with a central opening also has a plurality of upstanding guiding membersl 17 cdc-acting with the interior ofthe casing t 8,. This Spanner in connection with the perforated diaphragm 9 is intended to prevent the insertion of wires or other means to hold the valve in raised position and permit the bottle to be refilled.

In normal position it will be noted that the valve member 11 seats upon the perforated disk 10 and positively closes this valve and prevents a re-filling of the bottle.

en, however, the bottle is inverted the valve member 11 will drop under the action of gravity into contact with the hole 15 in the spanner. There is, however, sufficient space between the legs or guiding members 17 of the Spanner and the interior wall of the casing to permit a flow of liquid therebetween and through the perforations in the diaphragm, and thence out of the bottle.

The valve casing and parts are held securely in place by means of a cap 18, which is cylindrical in shape, and is intended to fit over the casing and the neck of the bottle. The lower part of this cap is provided with a plurality of legs 19 which enter the depression 7 at the base of the neck of the bottle, and are secured inplace by means of cement or the like 20. The upper part of the cap is of course provided with an opening adapted to be closed by a cork 2l in the usual manner. It is thus seen that the cap cannot be removed without breaking the legs 19 embedded in the cement, and as it is impossible to remove this cap it will also be impossible to tamper with the valve and hold it in open position to permit a re-lling of the bottle.

It is thus seen that this invention provides a simple and practical non-rellable bottle, having few parts, which will be cheap to manufacture and easy to assemble. In short the invention is believed to accom lish among others all of the objects and a vantages set forth.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention could be made, without departing from the scope thereof, I intend that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting SBIISB.

i ing with invention what Having thus described my Let- I claim as new and desire to secure by a ters Patent is:

copies ofthril patent may be obtained for a perforated member between tbe diapbrag and the valve seat Afor having ai perforation adapted to guide the protecting said valve,

valve in its movement, and a cap adapted to f fit over said casing having a threaded lconnection with the neck of the bottle andhaving its lower end permanently secured to the body of the bottle.` y

In testimony whereof I aiix my in presence of two'witnesses.H i l y j `JOHN D. -MULVEHILLL Witnesses: C. W. OLSON signature Gemahlin-louer" of 

